Allium tulipifolium

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|name =Лук тюльпанолистный
郁金叶蒜 yu jin ye suan

|image=Allium tulipifolium (inflorescence).jpg

|taxon = Allium tulipifolium

|parent = Allium subg. Melanocrommyum

|authority = Ledeb.

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|Allium lallemantii Regel & Rach

|Allium subalpinum Pall. ex Kunth

|Allium tulipifolium var. brachystemon Regel

|Allium tulipifolium var. subscabrum Regel

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|synonyms_ref=[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-296866 The Plant List]

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Allium tulipifolium is an Asian species of wild onion native to Xinjiang, Kazakhstan and Altay Krai.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=296866 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families] It is found at elevations of 600–1000 m.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=240001066 Flora of China v 24 p 200 郁金叶蒜 yu jin ye suan Allium tulipifolium]Malyschev L.I. & Peschkova , G.A. (eds.) (2001). Лук тюльпанолистный. Flora of Siberia 4: 1-238. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.

Allium tulipifolium has round to egg-shaped bulbs up to 20 mm in diameter. Scape is up to 40 cm tall, round in cross-section. Leaves are flat, waxy, up to 2 cm across, much shorter than scape, with a pink or dark green margin. Umbel has many flowers, the tepals white with dark green or purple mid-veins.Ledebour, Carl Friedrich von. 1830. Flora Altaica 2: 9.